Cheese-draining table and mold



(No Model.)

J. W. BLAIR & E. H. WILDER.

OHEESE DRAINING TABLE AND MOLD.

No. 2531835. Patented Feb. 21,1882.

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7 JAMES W. BLAIR AND EROTAS H. WVILDER, OF BROOKLYN, NVISCONSIN.

CHEESE-DRAINING TABLE AND MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,835, dated February21, 1882.

Application filed December 28, 1881. (1% model.)

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that we, JAMES W. BLAIR andERoTAs H.WILDER, of Brooklyn,in the county of Green and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCheese-Draining Tables and Molds; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to whiehitappertains to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the molds in position uponthedraining-table. Fig. 2is alongitudinal vertical sectional view,showin g the table ready to be reversed or turned. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view, of one of the moldsdetached. V x

Corresponding parts in the-several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

This invention relates to molds and draining-tables for the manufactureof Limburger cheese; and it consists in certain improvements in theconstruction of the same, which will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed-out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Arepresents one of the draining-tables,which may be of any suitable size, and provided with a sur v roundingrim or flange, B. One or more openings, 0, should be provided at one endof the table, in order to permit the escape of the whey draining offfrom the cheeses supported upon the table. The latter is provided at theends with half-round pivots l Y The molds consist of square frames E,having longitudinal partitions F, each division or compartment being ofthe width of a cheese. The sides of the frames and partitions havevertical grooves Gr, to ad mitaknife or cutter, by which the cheese,when sufficiently hard, may be cut into pieces of. the proper sizeprevious to being salted. Each mold consists of two of the frames E,fitted together and connected by dowels H. A loose bottom, I issimilarly connected to the under frame.

The draining-table is supported by its pivots D in suitable bearings ina frame, or a pair of horses, J. v To prevent the table from turningover, the said frame or horses is provided with springs K abuttingagainst the under side of the table. be pressed or drawn back when it isdesired to turn the table upon its pivots.

In operation the curd is dipped from the vat into the molds, which arethen placed upon the draining-table. The upper section of each mold isthen removed, and a second draining-table is placed upside down over thefirst table and the molds supported thereupon. The halfround pivots ofthe two tables are now connected by loose rings or sleeves, which may beeasily slipped over them, the springs K are pressed back and the tablesquickly turned over, thus leaving the cheeses and molds in a reversedposition upon the second table. The

bottom of each mold may now be removedand, together with the uppersection, taken away and washed for future use. The cheeses are left uponthe table until evening, when the table is again reversed. In themorning following the cheeses are cut into squares of the proper size bymeans of a suitable knife or cutter, guides for which areformed by thegrooves G in the molds. The latter are then removed, and the cheeses arenow ready for salting and treatment in the usual manner.

By our invention larger molds than have heretofore been used may beconveniently handled; It has also been necessary in the manufacture ofLimburger cheese as at present carried out to turn each individualcheese several times and to divide them from eachother, or pigeon-holethem upon the draining-table by a peculiar arrangement of loose boards.This is byour invention avoided, and an entire tableful of cheeses maybeturned bya single movement, leaving the cheeses in a more perfect shapethan by handling them individually, and saving time and trouble.

In lieu of the straw usually placed under the cheeses to facilitate thedraining, we propose touse a piece of coarse cloth or burlap, whichpresents a smoother surface and is more easily Said springs may,however,

having rim or flange B, openings (1, and halfround pivots D, incombination with a suitable frame or support, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described mold, consisting of a pair of frames, E, havinglongitudinal partitions F, the sides of which and of the frames areprovided with vertical grooves Gr, and a loose bottom, I, said bottomand frames being 10 connected by dowels H, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination of the supports J, having springs K, with a pair ofdraining-tables .A A, having half-round pivots D, and the molds

